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Chimp Escapes from Zoo, Steals Gun
CritterBlog | July 24th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Ichiro, a 42-year old chimpanzee residing at Ishikawa Zoo in Japan, escaped from his pen on Wednesday, July 23, seeking refuge from the heat. He hunkered down in a shady spot on a rooftop, and would not come down. A zoo worker tried to shoot him with read more
Rooting for Obama to Lose
CritterBlog | July 24th 2008 by R. Gilbert
There has been a lot of speculation about what breed of dog the Obamas will get when the Senator’s campaign for the presidency comes to an end. Taking into consideration the allergies of the Obama children, the American Kennel Club (AKC) narrow read more
Tony Stewart Provides Dogs with Bulletproof Vests
CritterBlog | July 23rd 2008 by R. Gilbert
Thanks to a generous donation from NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, police dogs in five states will go to work with the protection of bulletproof vests. Thirty vests are going to the Indiana State Police K-9 unit and 10 vests will go to police dogs in Geo read more
Snickers in Pictures
CritterBlog | July 22nd 2008 by R. Gilbert
The adventurous tale of the two castaway critters, Snickers the Cocker Spaniel and Gulliver the Macaw, has captured the interest of people throughout the world. It is nice to be able to update the story with continuing good news about the pair. Jack read more
Baby Red Panda Adopted by Cat has Died
CritterBlog | July 21st 2008 by R. Gilbert
The baby Red Panda born on June 30, 2008, at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam has died. Rejected by its mother a day after it was born, the tiny cub was being cared for by a nursing tabby cat. The baby was found dead on July 18, 2008. An autopsy revealed t read more
Condors Take Flight in Coast Guard Helicoptor
CritterBlog | July 20th 2008 by R. Gilbert
The Basin Complex fire in Monterey County, California, was started by a lightning strike in late June 2008. So far it has burned about 133,270 acres. As of Friday, July 28, it was about 70% contained. Full containment is expected by July 30. Thanks t read more
Philippine Animal Cuisine
CritterBlog | July 19th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Davao, Philippines: How does this headline grab you: Farmer arrested for killing, eating rare Philippines eagle? Doesn’t it almost make you want to speculate as to whether it is also a crime to kill and eat well done Philippines eagles? But th read more
Dogs: Lost and Found
CritterBlog | July 18th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Lost: Dulles International Airport: United States Army Soldier John Weisner was leaving on July 10, 2008, from Dulles International Airport, for a year-long assignment in Saudi Arabia. His dog, Jeddah, a rescued four-year-old mixed-breed female that read more
Gulliver-the-Macaw Update
CritterBlog | July 16th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Sybil Erden of The Oasis Sanctuary wrote me an email with an update about Gulliver, the Macaw she was instrumental in rescuing from his shipwreck ordeal in the South Pacific. “According to our Vet, who flew out to the island and did preliminary read more
16 Stingrays Die in Hot Water
CritterBlog | July 16th 2008 by R. Gilbert
A temperature control malfunction on a 16,000 gallon tank is blamed for the death of 16 stingrays in an aquatic exhibit at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo on Monday. The water in the tank heated up to 90 degrees, which is 10 degrees hotter than normal read more
Gulliver the Macaw: a Word on the Bird
CritterBlog | July 15th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Gulliver, the blue and yellow Macaw that was shipwrecked last December in the South Pacific near Fanning Island, is not pulling down the headlines that his Cocker Spaniel companion Snickers did. Nevertheless, after digging around a bit for some word read more
Grilled Koala Bearing Up
CritterBlog | July 15th 2008 by R. Gilbert
An eight-year old male koala was hit by a car traveling about 60 miles per hour, then rode for about seven miles with his head stuck in the grill. The accident occurred north of Brisbane, Australia. Another motorist flagged the driver to alert her to read more
Running of the Bulls at Pamplona - 2008 Finale
CritterBlog | July 14th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Monday, July 14, 2008, was the eighth and final day of this year’s running of the bulls at Pamplona, Spain. Five men were injured on the last run: a Briton, a Dane and three Spaniards. Throughout this year’s Festival of San Fermin at Pamp read more
Tony Snow: Wit, Grace, and a Great Love of Country
CritterBlog | July 12th 2008 by R. Gilbert
It was with great sorrow that I learned of the passing this morning of Tony Snow from cancer at age 53, at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. President and Mrs. George W. Bush described the former Press Secretary in an official White read more
Chinese Dog Dish Unfit To Serve Man
CritterBlog | July 11th 2008 by R. Gilbert
The Chinese government-backed Beijing Catering Trade Association is telling all 112 restaurants under contract for the Summer Olympics that dog meat cannot be served during the games. Hotels and restaurants throughout the city have been asked not to read more
The Shake Down Take Down in Georgia
CritterBlog | July 11th 2008 by R. Gilbert
On July 3, 2008, Madison County Sheriff’s deputies raided Shake Down Kennels in Danielsville, Georgia. The 28-year Johnny Stewart Johnson Jr. has been charged with eight counts of felony dogfighting, according to Capt. Mike Benner, one count fo read more
Sausage Dog Most Likely to Take a Bite
CritterBlog | July 10th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Dachshunds were at the top of the list of 33 breeds ranked for aggressive tendencies. According to a study published recently in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, a journal published by the Dutch group Elsevier, one in five Dachshunds have bitten or read more
Endangered Red Panda Adopted by Dutch Cat
CritterBlog | July 10th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Two baby Red Pandas were born June 30, 2008, at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, and were rejected by their mother a day later. A zookeeper’s tabby cat had just given birth to a litter of kittens, so the two baby pandas were placed in the nursing fe read more
Tanking Bovine Greenhouse Gas
CritterBlog | July 9th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Fifty-five million head of cattle in Argentina are responsible for producing 30% of that country’s greenhouse gas emissions, in the form of methane. Methane is a bovine gas emission, and is expelled as a natural component of the animal’s read more
National Zoo Celebrates Panda's Birthday
Being a Young Reporter | July 9th 2008 by Jessica Forres
The National Zoo celebrated giant panda Tai Shan's Third Birthday.I attended the Celebration.Listen to story 1Listen to story 2 read more
Pet Lovers Favor John McCain
CritterBlog | July 8th 2008 by R. Gilbert
An Associated Press-Yahoo News poll shows John McCain in the lead over Barack Obama by 42 percent to 37 percent among voters with pets. As reported on January 30, 2008, in CritterBlog, Senator McCain and his family have many pets, including three dog read more
Iranian Bio-Weapons: Follow the Monkey
CritterBlog | July 7th 2008 by R. Gilbert
Thanks to an undercover investigation by the Sunday Times of London, we know that hundreds of wild vervet monkeys are being taken from the Tanzanian brush and sold to the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute in Iran. The African dealers have no read more
Locked-Up Lewis No Longer Fairfield’s Ferocious Feline
CritterBlog | July 6th 2008 by R. Gilbert
It took a restraining order and two years of house arrest, but now Lewis, the hellacious cat of Fairfield, Connecticut, has been spared a possible death sentence. His owner, Ruth Cisneros, has had a reckless endangerment charge against her dismissed. read more
Obama’s Cell Phone Monkey Business
CritterBlog | July 5th 2008 by R. Gilbert
In response to charges of racism, the Japanese telecommunications company eMobile, Ltd., recently pulled its television ad, which showed a well dressed monkey at a podium speaking to a cheering crowd. Signs reading “Change” are waved, as read more
G8 Summit Gets Protection from Wan Wan Patrol
CritterBlog | July 3rd 2008 by R. Gilbert
When world leaders meet July 7-9, 2008, in Hokkaido, Japan for the G8 summit, the Wan Wan Patrol of crime fighters will be out in the streets. “Wan wan” is Japanese for “woof woof.” Thanks to this rag tag group of poodles, chi read more
Animal Cruelty on Fourth of July
Being a Young Reporter | July 2nd 2008 by Jessica Forres
Pet owners should take precautions against random acts of animal cruelty this Fourth of July.Listen to the story... read more
July 4th Fireworks Scare Pets
Being a Young Reporter | July 2nd 2008 by Jessica Forres
Pet owners should take precautions against losing their pets during Fourth of July festivities...Listen to the story. read more
The Cages are Empty in Tennessee
CritterBlog | July 2nd 2008 by R. Gilbert
Thanks to the efforts of the Humane Society of the United States, more than 700 dogs were rescued from a puppy mill in Tennessee. The rescue operation cost more than $105,000, with a lot of volunteer support. You can help pay for this effort, and mak read more
Trouble Dogs Helmsley Bequest
CritterBlog | July 2nd 2008 by R. Gilbert
When billionaire real estate investor and hotel magnate Leona Helmsley died in August 2007 at the age of 87, she left her beloved Maltese dog, Trouble, in the care of her brother, Alvin Rosenthal. And she left the little dog $12 million of her fortun read more
Cheeta Makes a Comeback But Is Denied Hollywood Star
CritterBlog | July 1st 2008 by R. Gilbert
Born April 9, 1932, Cheeta holds the Guinness record as the world’s oldest chimpanzee at 76 years of age. The star of 12 Tarzan films in the 1930’s and 1940’s, Cheeta’s last movie role was as Chee-Chee in the 1967 film Dr. Doo read more
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